Cigar-cutter.



G. P. GABRERA.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26,- 1912.

1,059,827. P d Apr- 22, 1913.

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CHARLES P. CABRERA, OF HILLSDALE, NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 26, 1912.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913. Serial No. 673,682.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. CABRERA, citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsdale, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar cutters and aims to provide a simple device ofthis class which may be conveniently carried in ones pocket and will occupy but little if any more space than an ordinary coin, and will not be liable to injure the lining of the pocket.

One aim of the invent-i011 is to provide a cigar cutter of the type mentioned constructed to sever or remove the tip of a ci ar with a shearing cut, thus avoiding breaking of the wrapper of the cigar.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the cutter that its cutting edge may be readily sharpened, if necessary, although it will be so protected as not to injure the lining of the pocket in which the cutter is carried.

The invention aims further to provide a cutter of the type mentioned which may be manufactured at a low cost and the construction of which will particularly adapt it for use also as an advertising novelty.

For a full understanding of the invent-ion reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the device, illustrating the manner of using the same. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the device taken in a plane extending through the cutting edge and the cigar tip-receiving opening. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the device illustrating in full lines the relative positions of the parts before the insertion of the cigar tip into the cigar tip-receiving opening, and in light and heavy dotted lines, respectively, the relative positions assumed by the parts after the parts have been so moved as to partly and completely move the cutting edge across the cigar tip-receiving opening.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing, the device is illustrated as comprising essentially two disks, one of 55 which is indicated by the numeral 1 and the other by the numeral 2. Each of these disks is circular in form the outer faces of said disks being roughened to produce a finger hold, and the disks are connected for relative movement by means of a pivot 3. This pivot is located concentric with respect to the axis of the disks and more specifically speaking, immediately adjacent the peripheries of the disks. The disk 1 is formed with a cigar tip-receiving opening 4 which is circular and the wall of which is preferably beveled as at 5 as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing so as to snugly receive the tip of the cigar to'be cut. This opening 4 is located adjacent to the pivot 8 and also adjacent to the periphery of the disk 1. .It will be readily understood at this point that not only does the beveling of the wall of the opening 4 adapt the opening to snugly receive the cigar tip, but a cutting edge is formed which partly surrounds the tip to be cut. The disk 2, atits periphery, is beveled as at 6 to form an arcuate cutting edge 7 which is co-incident with the periphery of the said disk 2. This bevel 6 which results in the cutting edge 7, is located approximately the same distance from the pivot 3 as is the cigar tip-receiving opening 4 and is located at the same side of the pivot as is the said opening. At this point it is to be remembered that the wall of the opening 4 and the periphery of the disk 2 are oppositely beveled so that as the disk 2 is moved across the face of the disk 5 upon the pivot- 3, the cutting edge 7 will cooperate with the 0 cutting edge resulting from the beveling of the wall of the opening 4 to sever the tip of a cigar inserted in the opening, with a shearing out.

It will be apparent that the disk 2 may have its cutting edge 7 conveniently sharpened, due to the fact that this edge is located at the periphery of the disk, although the shoulders S which result from the formation of the bevel 6, serve to a certain extent to prevent the lining of the pocket in which the cutter is carried from coming into en gagement with the said edge 7. It will also be understood that any desired advertising matter may be stamped or printed upon the faces of the disks, and these faces may be ornamented in any desired manner, or if desired, the devices may have printed thereon facts which would serve to identify the owner in case of accident.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is A cigar cutter comprising two circular disks pivoted with their flat faces in contact, the pivot being near the outer edge of the disks, one of said disks having a cigar receiving opening near its outer edge and adjacent the pivot and the other of said disks having a cutting edge on its periphery 10 and in position to traverse said opening, the

' gethe-r in the act of cuttingthe cigar tip.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES P. CABRERA. 1,. 8.

Witnesses: Y

C. H. FINALAY, J. H. WALLACE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G. 

